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Old 04-17-2007, 08:05 AM   #15
Steven Lyle Jordan
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Good thing publishers don't hang out in these forums... they might think we don't like them!

Yes, I agree that the publishing market has sort of warped itself over time into an industry that has given itself wholly to the profit line, and acts accordingly. In general, when industries reached that point, they used their influence (especially in government) to make sure no one could rock the boat. Publishing (and music) is doing that now in pushing DRM, for instance.

Fortunately, when the public has had some power in the matter, and demanded change, change has happened. With e-books (as with music), the public is capable of making its own books, selling them independently, creating and using their own standards and practices (and software), and largely ignoring the pub industry and their co-opted regulators if they so choose. The public's actions will guide e-books' future, and the publishing industry will have to change, whether they like it or not, or die.
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